It’s the Fourth of July and it is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate. It is easy to remember past 4th of Julys with family and friends. So in today’s blog let me tell you about some of my past memories of July 4th. I have always been fascinated with fireworks. Blowing them up myself and watching the big fireworks. My earliest memory of … Continue reading FIREWORKS MEMORIES
On Friday Theresa and Stephanie Bly came to the radio station to visit with Maynard and me about Sunday’s Steve Bly Memorial Fun Run/Walk. We usually set up the speakers and play some music and MC the event. When they were about to leave Theresa handed me a picture she wanted me to have. It was a picture of me interviewing her son Steve at … Continue reading ALWAYS REMEMBER STEVO
It is Father’s Day today and as always I think of my dad on this day! I was only thirty-five when he died. My dad died when he was sixty-five, relatively young yet. I’m sixty years old now and to think in five years I will be the age my dad was when he died. It has been twenty-five years since he left us. I … Continue reading DAD
I took a part-time job in 2010 that was very rewarding. My job was to find host families for foreign exchange students for the school year. Once they arrived I then supervised them to make sure they were doing well and experiencing the American way of life. It all started when a family in Madison was going to host a girl from Brazil. Their supervisor … Continue reading EYE
I wrote about my patio last week and and how it was a sanctuary to me. It’s my happy place. Monday evening Mother Nature decided we didn’t need as much shade anymore. Roxie and I spent a lot of time on our patio last weekend. We cleaned it up, grilled and enjoyed sitting around the table eating lunch and dinner. We had our first campfire … Continue reading MY TREE BROKE
Where do I go to relax in the summer? The answer is my patio in my backyard. It’s like a sanctuary to me. It’s a simple patio, nothing fancy. I don’t have a lake home or camper, just my simple patio to sit and enjoy the outdoors and unwind. It is just perfect. We bought our patio furniture about ten years ago and it still … Continue reading MY PATIO
